[Verse 1]
A little girl's dream world with ribbons and long curls
Reflections of yesterday's past
Now headlines and foot lights
Wee hours of long nights keep everything
Moving so fast

[Verse 2]
It's taken a long time
And she's walked a thin line
But the fame and fortune arrive
She kept on strivin'
Halfway survivin'
Til part of those dreams came alive

[Chorus]
And she wishes she looked like
They tell her she looks like all the time
What she'd give just to feel like
She tells them she's feeling
Just fine
All that money she makes every night
Ain't as much as it seems
It's a dollar a wrinkle and less than a nickel a dream

[Verse 3]
Her heart may be breaking
But she keeps on taking
What she thought she wanted back when
It's too late to change her
There's always a stranger
To tell her she's someone again
[Chorus]
And she wishes she looked like
They tell her she looks like all the time
What she'd give just to feel like
She tells them she's feeling
Just fine
And all that money she makes every night
Ain't as much as it seems
It's a dollar a wrinkle and less than a nickel a dream

[Outro]
Nickel dreams
Nickel dreams